What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Comoros and Namibia?

0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Namibia?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Comoros vs Namibia: Youth mortality rate

Comoros

4.5 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Namibia

4.59 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Comoros rank

44th

Namibia rank

42nd

Youth mortality rate over time

Comoros
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 4.59 deaths per 100 live births against 4.5 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 44th and Namibia ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Namibia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	15.07 deaths per 100 live births	9.71 deaths per 100 live births	5.37 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
1990s	11.37 deaths per 100 live births	8.62 deaths per 100 live births	2.75 deaths per 100 live births	Comoros
2000s	7.77 deaths per 100 live births	8.21 deaths per 100 live births	0.4389 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia
2010s	5.69 deaths per 100 live births	6.14 deaths per 100 live births	0.4486 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia
2020s	4.69 deaths per 100 live births	4.94 deaths per 100 live births	0.2489 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Comoros or Namibia?: Namibia, at 4.59 deaths per 100 live births against 4.5 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Comoros and Namibia?: 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Namibia?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Namibia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Comoros ranks 44th and Namibia ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.